(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

AUGUST KEY POINTS

TOTAL NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES

Trend - The August 2008 trend estimate for new motor vehicle sales (83 798) decreased 1.4% when compared with July 2008. The trend estimate has decreased for the seventh consecutive month. When compared with August 2007 the trend estimate decreased by 4.8%.

Seasonally adjusted - The August 2008 estimate for total sales of new motor vehicles (81 480) decreased by 3.5% compared with July 2008.

SALES BY TYPE OF VEHICLE

Trend - When comparing August 2008 with July 2008, trend estimates decreased for sports utility vehicles, 2.4%, other vehicles, 1.2%, and passenger vehicles, 1.1%. When compared with the same period period 12 months ago, sports utility vehicles, passenger vehicles and other vehicles have decreased by 7.7%, 5.5%, and 0.1% respectively.

Seasonally adjusted - When comparing August 2008 with July 2008, passenger vehicles and sports utility vehicles decreased by 4.9% and 1.1% respectively, while other vehicles decreased by 2.0%.

SALES BY STATE

Trend - When comparing August 2008 to July 2008, all of the states and territories showed decreases in the trend estimate of total sales of new motor vehicles with the exception of Tasmania. The largest decreaes were in Queensland, 2.4% and the Australian Capital Territory, 1.8%.

Seasonally adjusted - When comparing August 2008 to July 2008, all of the states and territories showed decreases except for Tasmania which increased by 6.7%. The largest decreases were in the Australian Capital Territory, 8.3%, Queensland, 5.5%, and Victoria, 4.9%.

NOTES

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22 December 2008

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22 January 2009

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19 February 2009

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19 March 2009

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This issue presents details from the Sales of New Motor Vehicles for August 2008.

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SUMMARY COMMENTARY

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Long term

New Motor Vehicle Sales, Total vehicles - Short term

New motor vehicle sales by type of vehicle

Count Passenger vehicles

Count Sports utility vehicles

Count Other vehicles

Count Total vehicles

Change Passenger vehicles

Change Sports utility vehicles

Change Other vehicles

Change Total vehicles

no.

no.

no.

no.

%

%

%

%

Trend

2007

June

53 006

16 376

17 609

86 991

-0.4

2.1

0.8

0.3

July

52 832

16 740

17 834

87 406

-0.3

2.2

1.3

0.5

August

52 778

17 110

18 146

88 034

-0.1

2.2

1.7

0.7

September

52 836

17 450

18 479

88 765

0.1

2.0

1.8

0.8

October

52 980

17 723

18 752

89 455

0.3

1.6

1.5

0.8

November

53 142

17 901

18 965

90 008

0.3

1.0

1.1

0.6

December

53 244

17 961

19 133

90 338

0.2

0.3

0.9

0.4

2008

January

53 205

17 967

19 239

90 411

-0.1

-

0.6

0.1

February

53 001

17 934

19 274

90 209

-0.4

-0.2

0.2

-0.2

March

52 605

17 794

19 215

89 614

-0.7

-0.8

-0.3

-0.7

April

52 110

17 507

19 071

88 688

-0.9

-1.6

-0.7

-1.0

May

51 590

17 105

18 861

87 556

-1.0

-2.3

-1.1

-1.3

June

51 032

16 652

18 605

86 289

-1.1

-2.6

-1.4

-1.4

July

50 422

16 196

18 350

84 968

-1.2

-2.7

-1.4

-1.5

August

49 870

15 800

18 128

83 798

-1.1

-2.4

-1.2

-1.4

Seasonally Adjusted

2007

June

53 926

15 837

17 500

87 263

3.4

-0.7

0.5

2.0

July

54 076

16 505

17 886

88 467

0.3

4.2

2.2

1.4

August

52 322

17 567

17 909

87 798

-3.2

6.4

0.1

-0.8

September

52 008

17 530

18 522

88 060

-0.6

-0.2

3.4

0.3

October

52 220

18 029

18 723

88 972

0.4

2.8

1.1

1.0

November

53 179

17 584

19 543

90 306

1.8

-2.5

4.4

1.5

December

54 385

17 600

18 885

90 870

2.3

0.1

-3.4

0.6

2008

January

54 115

18 323

19 106

91 544

-0.5

4.1

1.2

0.7

February

52 160

17 992

18 882

89 034

-3.6

-1.8

-1.2

-2.7

March

52 180

17 684

19 343

89 207

-

-1.7

2.4

0.2

April

51 475

17 722

20 017

89 214

-1.4

0.2

3.5

-

May

52 126

16 809

18 507

87 442

1.3

-5.2

-7.5

-2.0

June

52 253

17 530

18 239

88 022

0.2

4.3

-1.4

0.7

July

50 531

15 560

18 382

84 473

-3.3

-11.2

0.8

-4.0

August

48 066

15 396

18 018

81 480

-4.9

-1.1

-2.0

-3.5

Original

2007

June

63 768

18 966

22 363

105 097

20.9

12.1

18.0

18.6

July

53 589

15 396

17 306

86 291

-16.0

-18.8

-22.6

-17.9

August

52 748

17 440

18 018

88 206

-1.6

13.3

4.1

2.2

September

50 197

15 874

17 418

83 489

-4.8

-9.0

-3.3

-5.3

October

53 336

17 748

18 205

89 289

6.3

11.8

4.5

6.9

November

54 195

17 702

20 184

92 081

1.6

-0.3

10.9

3.1

December

51 722

17 114

17 414

86 250

-4.6

-3.3

-13.7

-6.3

2008

January

49 295

17 646

15 329

82 270

-4.7

3.1

-12.0

-4.6

February

53 030

18 277

18 591

89 898

7.6

3.6

21.3

9.3

March

53 122

18 425

19 738

91 285

0.2

0.8

6.2

1.5

April

47 639

16 654

19 768

84 061

-10.3

-9.6

0.2

-7.9

May

51 416

17 279

19 945

88 640

7.9

3.8

0.9

5.4

June

61 524

21 388

23 629

106 541

19.7

23.8

18.5

20.2

July

51 068

14 842

18 066

83 976

-17.0

-30.6

-23.5

-21.2

August

46 114

14 233

16 977

77 324

-9.7

-4.1

-6.0

-7.9

- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)

New motor vehicle sales by state/territory of registration

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.(a)

NT(a)

ACT(a)

Aus

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

no.

Trend

2007

June

26 649

21 982

19 306

5 095

10 131

1 608

821

1 399

86 991

July

26 771

22 175

19 339

5 098

10 197

1 608

820

1 398

87 406

August

26 925

22 401

19 486

5 134

10 249

1 619

821

1 399

88 034

September

27 097

22 616

19 713

5 203

10 273

1 636

824

1 403

88 765

October

27 282

22 801

19 920

5 293

10 270

1 650

832

1 407

89 455

November

27 415

22 957

20 060

5 382

10 266

1 667

850

1 411

90 008

December

27 439

23 100

20 090

5 453

10 281

1 690

873

1 412

90 338

2008

January

27 361

23 253

19 978

5 503

10 303

1 707

898

1 408

90 411

February

27 189

23 411

19 757

5 525

10 305

1 707

917

1 398

90 209

March

26 908

23 492

19 440

5 517

10 260

1 690

926

1 381

89 614

April

26 556

23 436

19 073

5 494

10 171

1 676

925

1 357

88 688

May

26 177

23 260

18 679

5 464

10 064

1 666

919

1 327

87 556

June

25 775

23 003

18 242

5 437

9 961

1 663

910

1 298

86 289

July

25 362

22 693

17 797

5 405

9 870

1 665

905

1 271

84 968

August

25 008

22 381

17 366

5 402

9 816

1 678

899

1 248

83 798

Seasonally Adjusted

2007

June

26 711

22 052

19 396

5 119

10 137

1 619

836

1 393

87 263

July

27 116

22 305

19 601

5 169

10 318

1 781

796

1 381

88 467

August

27 054

22 660

18 945

5 102

10 338

1 467

818

1 414

87 798

September

26 515

22 752

19 484

5 138

10 322

1 619

822

1 408

88 060

October

27 287

22 575

19 730

5 340

10 159

1 623

854

1 404

88 972

November

27 620

22 650

20 467

5 381

10 177

1 785

842

1 384

90 306

December

27 381

23 115

21 014

5 245

10 200

1 626

855

1 434

90 870

2008

January

27 831

23 643

19 539

5 914

10 579

1 731

881

1 426

91 544

February

27 007

23 416

19 187

5 435

10 076

1 666

896

1 351

89 034

March

26 948

23 312

19 075

5 391

10 326

1 690

1 026

1 439

89 207

April

25 983

23 119

20 148

5 450

10 433

1 811

924

1 346

89 214

May

26 340

23 576

18 244

5 557

9 950

1 583

889

1 303

87 442

June

26 631

23 786

18 588

5 484

9 793

1 571

867

1 302

88 022

July

25 101

22 530

17 679

5 391

9 880

1 662

923

1 307

84 473

August

24 288

21 436

16 698

5 323

9 848

1 773

916

1 198

81 480

Original

2007

June

31 965

25 491

24 997

6 152

11 995

1 750

1 107

1 640

105 097

July

26 851

21 655

19 600

4 871

9 645

1 561

739

1 369

86 291

August

26 549

22 958

19 145

5 128

10 730

1 481

791

1 424

88 206

September

24 946

21 788

18 025

4 738

10 244

1 684

724

1 340

83 489

October

27 556

23 097

18 933

5 329

10 460

1 708

781

1 425

89 289

November

27 835

23 644

20 189

5 556

10 435

2 225

803

1 394

92 081

December

25 290

22 432

19 557

5 078

9 809

2 010

719

1 355

86 250

2008

January

25 810

21 044

16 972

5 256

9 650

1 490

722

1 326

82 270

February

27 855

23 803

18 914

5 607

9 952

1 484

876

1 407

89 898

March

28 128

23 153

20 231

5 334

10 483

1 470

1 108

1 378

91 285

April

24 489

21 814

19 109

5 293

9 475

1 496

1 049

1 336

84 061

May

26 334

23 865

18 672

5 803

10 067

1 585

1 025

1 289

88 640

June

32 027

27 638

24 335

6 568

11 564

1 778

1 128

1 503

106 541

July

25 216

22 272

17 963

5 237

9 580

1 510

900

1 298

83 976

August

22 669

20 575

15 679

5 034

9 652

1 680

855

1 180

77 324

(a) Seasonally adjusted numbers of new motor vehicle sales in Tasmania, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory should be used with caution. For more information, see paragraph 7 of the Explanatory Notes.